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by highdesert
I like PBS, it tries to stay neutral because it's the public TV broadcaster in the US and it gets government funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. NPR is a public/private corporation which gets funding from CPB. I remember that after 9/11 the only US network with the most contacts around the world was NPR, the TV and radio networks had closed their offices and gave up contracting local reporters, but that quickly changed.
Driving by the Golden Arches reminds me of Joan Kroc who was the widow of Ray Kroc, the founder of that original fast food chain. In her will she left $200 million to NPR and money to the local PBS and NPR stations, call sign KPBS San Diego. She'd quote her husband who said roughly, "you never see an armored car following a hearse, you can't take it with you."
Aljazeera is about the closest thing to a Western type newspaper and broadcaster that exists in the Arab world. It's owned by Qatar an absolute monarchy, but it has a certain amount of independence from the government. The English language side seems to have a lot of British and American journalists.
The main international one that I read is the BBC, it's the world's original public broadcaster founded in 1922, it's a crown corporation which means it's an independent entity with government funding. They were part of a once huge empire now the Commonwealth and they broadcast in many languages around the world. Qatar was part of the British empire and the current Emir was educated in Britain.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan